NI honours 21 companies with 2012 Global Supplier Awards

H&S Manufacturing Co., a global provider of precision sheet metal fabrication, machining and mechanical assemblies, received this year's Supplier of the Year award for its superior global customer service, on-time delivery, cost savings and consistent performance beyond expectations.

NI honoured Xilinx, a programmable logic devices supplier and key technology provider, with the NI Eagle Award for its ongoing collaboration with NI R&D. The company's exceptional support of NI's next generation of products using Zynq system on a chip allows NI to extend the boundaries of graphical system design.

In addition to H&S Manufacturing and Xilinx, NI awarded the following suppliers for Best in Commodity Class, Overall Scorecard Performance, Quality and On-Time Delivery:

• Arrow Electronics
• Arvato Digital Services
• Bare Board Group
• BizLink
• Dell
• Inc.
• Eastek
• Flextronics Global Enclosures
• iRex
• Marking Systems
• ModusLink
• Quanser
• ROAL Electronics
• SCA Packaging
• Sunbelt Supply
• TTI Inc.
• Via System
• Westak
• Xerox Hungary
• Zollner

Scott Christman, Director of the Global Supply Chain at National Instruments, says: "At National Instruments, the performance of our suppliers is critical in providing a sustainable competitive advantage in our industry. We recognise these award-winning suppliers because they consistently exceed our expectations, and we congratulate them for their outstanding performance."

Readers can learn more about the NI supplier programme by visiting www.ni.com/company/procurement.